Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh was India's Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014. "Congress won the May 2004 parliamentary elections, defeating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress’s leader, Sonia Gandhi (widow of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi), declined the prime ministership, instead recommending Singh for the post. Singh subsequently formed a government and took office. His stated goals included helping improve conditions for India’s poor (who generally had not benefited from the country’s economic growth), securing peace with neighbouring Pakistan, and improving relations between India’s various religious groups."